Monsoon Asia
A seasonal change in the direction of the strongest, winds of a region
What is a monsoon?
This kind of family only includes parents and their children
What is a nuclear family?
This thin layer was identified over Antarctica and most often encompasses Australia
What is an ozone hole?
The UAE stands for
What is the United Arab Emirates?
While Americans are experiencing winter, in January Australians are enjoying this season.
What is summer?
The official language of China
What is Mandarin?
The move to hiring a company from another country to save on labor costs
What is outsourcing?
A processing plant where ocean water becomes drinkable from removing the salt
What is a desalinization plant?
This Istanbul shopping area has no price tags
Tahiti is known as this type of island
What is a Volcanic Island?
Sea waves that are triggered by underwater earthquakes
What is a Tsunami?
The calculation of dividing the total number of people in a country by its total land area
What is Population Density?
Potable water that has been degraded by pesticides
What is Environmental Degradation?
This sea was used for agricultural uses and suffers from salinization.
What is the Aral Sea?
This ring of coral islands and reefs surround a shallow body of ocean water
What is an Atoll?
The ability to adjust to high elevations
What is acclimatize?
The best selling basketball shoe of all time
What are Chuck Taylor All-Stars?
A process that involves scattering chemicals into clouds in order to bring about rain
What is cloud seeding?
This region's GDP is high due to this major export
What is crude oil?
New Zealand is known as this type of island
What is a continental island?
This governmental policy has created a zero population growth
What was the One-Child Policy?
The development of an interconnected worldwide society
What is globalization?
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This major accident occurred in 2011 after 15 meter tsunami hit Japan
What is the Fukushima nuclear accident?
This occupying country has created a water, hunger, and humanitarian crisis against this other country and its citizens.
What is Israel and Palestine-Palestinians?
The bilby is an example of this kind of Australian species
What are Native Species?